"The government are not targeting an under-performing agency with a need to make savings as the DVLA is self-financing and produces a significant operatingsurplus, " he said.
Gross (or net) operatingsurplus of the economy is the part of value added which remains with producers after deducting outlays related to the remuneration of employees and taxes on production.
Unlike the goods and services prices index, the GDP deflator measures change In compensation of employees, operatingsurplus (including mixed income), and consumption of fixed assets arisen from changes in prices and nominal net taxes.
In the SNA output, intermediate consumption, operatingsurplus and increase in inventories are calculated, excluding holding gains (losses), which are defined as the value of products created due to changes in prices during the period when the products were held in stocks.